# NTSB DEN86LA158: Beaver Evans VP-1, N23RB, Glade Park, CO, June 8, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1986, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Glade Park, CO
- Coordinates: 39.000991, -108.729423 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0010&lon=-108.7294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16979
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16979/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA158

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID THAT DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, HIGH GRASS RESTRICTED THE ACFT FROM ATTAINING SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO ACHIEVE FLT. ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE ACFT STRUCK A BARBED WIRE FENCE, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23RB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23RB-1989-01-04), registration cancelled 1989-01-04, S/N 2359 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEAVER EVANS VP-1
- Registry model: [Beaver EVANS VP-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/beaver-evans-vp-1) (registry code 0563591) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2359
- Airframe hours: 120
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James H. Tribbey
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 15, 1985, 12 hours before
- Airport: runway 9, 1,900 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 236 total, 12 in this make and model, 190 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860608044719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860608044719A), Jun 8, 1986: Amtrev VOLKSPLNEVP1, Glade Park, CO, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted takeoff from Private strip with high grass on runway. Aircraft hit fence at end of runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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